factor
factor is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A steward or bailiff of an estate. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
- 2.(Math.) One of the elements or quantities which, when multiplied together, from a product.
- 3.One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result; a constituent. The materal and dynamical factors of nutrition. H. Spencer.
- 4.To resolve (a quantity) into its factors.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- advocate
- agent
- ambassador
- arbitrator
- attache
- attorney
- auctioneer
- bagman
- bailiff
- broker
- business
- charge
- clerk
- commercial
- commissary
- commission
- commissionaire
- commissioner
- committee
- consignee
- consul
- corps
- correspondent
- curator
- delegate
- deputy
- diplomat
- diplomate
- diplomatist
- director
- drummer
- embassador
- embassy
- emissary
- employe
- envoy
- factotum
- functionary
- garnishee
- go-between
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is factor.
- What is a steward or bailiff of an estate. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott called?
- What is one of the elements or quantities which, when multiplied together, from a product called?
- What is one of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result; a constituent. The materal and dynamical factors of nutrition. H. Spencer called?
- What is to resolve (a quantity) into its factors called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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